Busiest DL station w/o a SkyClub?
Apr 2, 2015, 12:46 pm
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Apr 2, 2015, 12:54 pm
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I still don't quite get the point. Even if ticketing and baggage is in T3, you still have to go to the D Gates for boarding. The UA club is in the D Gates.
Apr 2, 2015, 7:24 pm
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A couple months ago the new STL station manager, Pedro, said he was working on getting a club opened..... but I've been hearing this since the days of Bob Carter and Hank Halter overseeing STL.
And you are correct; the total number of flights/seats out of STL has definitely eroded in the past couple years. The hope of getting BOS and/or LAX seem to be near nil at this point.
And you are correct; the total number of flights/seats out of STL has definitely eroded in the past couple years. The hope of getting BOS and/or LAX seem to be near nil at this point.
With that said STL does get a lot of mainline and ATL gets a huge amount of daily traffic. I think the club would be a hit and I wouldn't be surprised if STL gave DL a good deal on the space.
I wish DL would have a larger presence at my hometown airport, but it's probably more effort than they are willing to put in. Let's just bring back Ozark.
Apr 2, 2015, 7:34 pm
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Apr 3, 2015, 10:11 am
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The LAS club closed about 14 years ago. They were getting killed by the liquor costs. Lots of leisure travelers/conventioneers who had to check out of their hotels early would head straight to the club and drink for many hours for free. I would be very surprised if they reopened a club here for that very reason. Of course, if DL were to begin charging for all alcohol in the clubs I'd bet LAS would move up quickly on the list for reopening.
Apr 3, 2015, 10:44 am
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The LAS club closed about 14 years ago. They were getting killed by the liquor costs. Lots of leisure travelers/conventioneers who had to check out of their hotels early would head straight to the club and drink for many hours for free. I would be very surprised if they reopened a club here for that very reason. Of course, if DL were to begin charging for all alcohol in the clubs I'd bet LAS would move up quickly on the list for reopening.
Apr 3, 2015, 12:19 pm
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The LAS club closed about 14 years ago. They were getting killed by the liquor costs. Lots of leisure travelers/conventioneers who had to check out of their hotels early would head straight to the club and drink for many hours for free. I would be very surprised if they reopened a club here for that very reason. Of course, if DL were to begin charging for all alcohol in the clubs I'd bet LAS would move up quickly on the list for reopening.
Apr 3, 2015, 2:18 pm
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If I had a wish list of stations I wanted a SC at the list would include a lot of ones mentioned here: BWI, LAS, MCI and PHX.
BWI has an Airspace lounge at least but wow would I like to not have to sit in the pit that is T3 at PHX.
BWI has an Airspace lounge at least but wow would I like to not have to sit in the pit that is T3 at PHX.
Apr 3, 2015, 7:18 pm
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The information came from the station chief at the time. So take that for what it is worth. Unless it adds to the bottom line in some way, I wouldn't expect DL to reinstate a Sky Club in LAS.
Apr 3, 2015, 8:04 pm
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LAS as discussed and beaten to death here. Really a damn shame... but I get it, and given the choice, no reason to visit a sky closet over the Amex Lounge.
Big surprises for me were DEN and IAH. IAH has the very nice KLM lounge, but it is a long hike. DEN did not really have time to use.
You would have to think... does the skyclub bring more DM's, or DM's for the skyclub?
I would venture to guess if Delta opened up the club, they would get more folks switching to delta in those cities.
Big surprises for me were DEN and IAH. IAH has the very nice KLM lounge, but it is a long hike. DEN did not really have time to use.
You would have to think... does the skyclub bring more DM's, or DM's for the skyclub?
I would venture to guess if Delta opened up the club, they would get more folks switching to delta in those cities.
Apr 3, 2015, 8:49 pm
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LAS as discussed and beaten to death here. Really a damn shame... but I get it, and given the choice, no reason to visit a sky closet over the Amex Lounge.
Big surprises for me were DEN and IAH. IAH has the very nice KLM lounge, but it is a long hike. DEN did not really have time to use.
You would have to think... does the skyclub bring more DM's, or DM's for the skyclub?
I would venture to guess if Delta opened up the club, they would get more folks switching to delta in those cities.
Big surprises for me were DEN and IAH. IAH has the very nice KLM lounge, but it is a long hike. DEN did not really have time to use.
You would have to think... does the skyclub bring more DM's, or DM's for the skyclub?
I would venture to guess if Delta opened up the club, they would get more folks switching to delta in those cities.
I'll stick with LAS and PHX as cities that could use a SC.
On the other hand.
DL save your money in LAS - I will go with the Centurion Lounge any day over a SC, and I do thanks to AM Exp. http://thecenturionlounge.com/location/LAS
It is GREAT! It is a win-win Vegas style! ^